Bromeliad Society

Vol 52 No 3 March 2019 UPCOMING EVENTS:

BS/HI Spring Sale

March 16th 9 AM to 4 PM Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Center

ABC’s

April 13, 2019 10 AM to 2 PM 16023 Pebble Bend Drive Edmonson’s

Neoregelia ‘Copper Craze’ by Earthstar Designs

MEETING DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 BS/HI Annual Show and Sale NEW TIME: 7:00 P.M. Location: 1475 West Gray, Houston 77019 May 3 thru 5, 2019

PROGRAM SPEAKER: Wray Page Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Center PROGRAM TITLE, “Pests in the Garen/Greenhouse” Southwest Guild Show and Sale and the Cryptanthus Society Show MEETING AGENDA: • Social Time and NO Member Sale October 11-13 • President’s Welcome in Corpus Christi • Announcements & Committee Reports • Show & Tell • Short Break for Refreshments Australasian Bromeliad Conference • Guest Speaker • Adjournment October 17-20, 2019 • Plant Raffle Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia APRIL PROGRAM: ABC’s at Edmonsons David Whipkey, “Enter, Trim or Toss” World Bromeliad Conference NEXT BOARD MEETING: March 21, 2019 TIME: 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Sarasota, Florida, USA, Location: 1475 West Gray, Houston 77019 June 9th thru June 13th, 2020

PRESIDENT’S

PAGE Please contact Allyn Pearlman [email protected] if Burr, it’s cold out there. you plan on selling . Also, Allyn will furnish you a I thought we might sale number if you don’t already have one. A few things have been lucky and to remember, 1) only bromeliads and bromeliad related seen the last freeze but items may be sold, 2) unless you are a commercial ven- no, here we go again. dor, you must have grown your sale plants for at least six Thankfully we still had months or they must be pups from those plants, 3) plants almost everything must be named correctly, 4) double tag your sale plants tucked away but I know with your sale number and price on each tag and put the some folks had to haul their babies back inside. I’m not bromeliad information on one of the tags, 5) minimum looking forward to seeing how much damage has been price for any plant/item is $5 and prices must be in incre- done to all that new growth on the shrubs and my veggies ments of $1 (plants/items may be bundled), and 6) you in the garden. I hope all your plants survived with mini- will receive 70% or your sales with the remainder going to mal damage. support the society and pay for any venue fees. If you have any questions, please contact Allyn. Thank you all for renewing your membership. We should have an exciting year. Our Vice-President and program chairperson Linda Whipkey has already lined out our A few other notes about our sale, we will need bags and speakers for the year. After doing that job for two years, I boxes of various sizes for transporting the sold plants so know what is involved and I’m very impressed. It should please bring any you can collect. Hospitality chairperson be an interesting and informative year. If you haven’t re- Verna Powers is organizing breakfast goodies and lunch newed your membership, please contact Allyn Pearlman for our sale volunteers. We all chip in so please get with ([email protected]) to renew/join the Bromeliad So- her to see what you can bring to help out. ciety/Houston and/or the Cryptanthus Society. For the Bromeliad Society International, go to http://bsi.org/new/ No sooner than our sale is over, we will be on to our to renew/join either online or print a form to renew/join by ABC’s on Saturday April 13th. This will be instead of our mail. regular monthly night meeting. Mary Cinotto and John Edmonson will be hosting us again this year. If you have- We appreciate all of you who participated in the survey n’t been to their home, it is lovely and they have several conducted during February’s meeting to gather your immaculate greenhouses filled with bromeliads and other thoughts and suggestions on how to improve our society. tropical plants not to mention more plants throughout their We will be discussing the results at our Board meeting yard. So save the date. this month and working to incorporate your suggestions to continuously improve our society. Remember, if you Please volunteer to help out at our annual show and sale have any ideas or suggestions please talk to any of the on May 3rd – 5th at Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Cen- Board members. We’d love to hear them. ter. Show chairperson David Whipkey, sale chairperson Allyn Pearlman, and hospitality chairperson Verna Pow- I would like to thank Linda and David Whipkey, Ruby Ad- ers have opportunities for everyone to participate. Nita ams, Troy and Kim Merchant, Shirl and Gordon Stowe, Ankenbruck has graciously volunteered to host the party Joanne Woolsey, and Frank Lee for representing our so- after the show on Saturday night for all the show volun- ciety at the “Ask the Experts” table during the Azalea Trail teers and you won’t want to miss it, wonderful location, weekend. The weather was not the greatest but hopefully great company, delicious food, and an auction. If you we were able to spread the word about Bromeliads, our have any auction items you would like to donate or would society, and our upcoming show and sales. A special like to join the group who donates funds to purchase thanks to Linda and David who brought plants to decorate plants to be auctioned, please let me know. the table and handout materials for the weekend. So, while you are looking for those sale plants and/or Our Spring Sale is right around the corner. It will be show plants or just doing some spring cleaning, don’t for- March 16th at Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Center. get about our monthly raffles. Besides being fun, funds Set up will be at 8 A.M. with sales from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. from the raffle help to pay for the seedlings (many of Customers usually start arriving by 8:30 A.M. to grab the which are close to full grown) which you receive through- best plants, so if you are planning on selling plants or can out the year. Bromeliads or bromeliad related items are help with set up, please try to be there by 8 A.M. You always welcome. don’t have to have a large number of plants to sell, so please think about selling some of your divisions or pups. Take care and I hope to see you all this month at our It is always interesting to see what folks are propagating meetings. and learn how they grow them.

2 What’s Blooming at the Lee’s

Aechmea fulgens discolor Aechmea nudicaulis v capitata green form

Bromelia gurkeniana v funchiana

3 What’s Blooming at the Lee’s

Orthophytum saxacola 'Pewter'

Aechmea warasii bronze

Orthophytum saxicola 'variegata'

4 Show and Tell February 2019

5 Show and Tell February 2019

Tillandsias

Aechmea recurvata red form

Racinaea

6 GROWING IN NEW YORK Courtesy of Herb Plever

March birthdays Theresa Sandberg 3/15 Annette Dominguez 3/18 Odean Head 3/22

7 Whipkey’s Words March 2019 Distichous and Punctate

The other day, I was researching the seedling that is going to be distributed at the March meeting. Since it is a regis- According to The Collins Dictionary tered cultivar, I first looked in the Bromeliad Cultivar Regis- (www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/) disti- ter. I found the following description: chous means arranged in two vertical rows, as leaves on opposite sides of a stem Cultivar of marmorata with symmetrical, distichous growth habit, punctated dark brown Let’s try this description again. cross-banding and very regular recurled leaves. Plant wild-collected by D Sucre at Rio Bonito, Rio Cultivar of Quesnelia marmorata with leaves sym- de Janeiro in 1983 and given number Plow- metrical arranged on opposite sides of the stem, man12968. Named in honor of U.S. ethno botanist the dark brown cross-banding on the leaves is Timothy Plowman (1944-89) who over 15 years marked with minute sports and the leaves are very wild-collected in South America the recurled. Plant wild-collected by D. Sucre at Rio Erythroxylem (incl. cultivated cocoa ), which Bonito, Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and given number are housed in the Chicago collection of the Field Plowman12968. Named in honor of U.S. ethno Museum of Natural History. Country of origin: Bra- botanist Timothy Plowman (1944-89) who over 15 zil years wild-collected in South America the genus Erythroxylem (incl. cultivated cocoa species), which Wow, bet most of us didn’t fully understand that descrip- are housed in the Chicago collection of the Field tion. The second description (which I chose to use) was Museum of Natural History. Country of origin: Bra- from Dennis Cathcart at Tropiflora Nursery. I could under- zil stand it without running to a dictionary. This month there are two words of the month, distichous and punctate. I think that clears things up a bit. Hopefully you will do a little more research on your seedling, and with a little care, According to the Merriam Webster dictionary it should grow like a weed. (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ ) punctate means marked with minute spots or depressions.

March 2019 Seedling Quesnelia ‘Tim Plowman’

This is an exceptional clone of a popular spe- cies. It is an epiphyte of the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest, where it grows in trees or on rocks from sea level to about 2300 feet. It is an up- right tubular grower with grayish-green leaves, heavily speckled with reddish-purple spots.

In the typical form the leaves flare out at the tip but with the ‘Tim Plowman‘ clone they form a curl. A handsome stoloniferous plant that grows well potted or mounted.

If potted, use a well drained mix. Be careful not to over water potted plants as the roots might rot, and the leaves will lose much of their curl.

Grow the plant in bright light to achieve the best color and form.

8 February 2019 BROMELIAD SOCIETY HOUSTON RAFFLE $28

DONORS WINNERS

Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society www.tgcfernsoc.org Ruby Adams Vickey Gurka

Regular meeting third Sunday of month at 2:00 P.M. Cherie Lee Troy Merchant Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center 2020 Hermann Drive Next meeting will be March 17 Allyn Pearlman Rick Richtmyer

Gene Powers Linda Whipkey

Richtmyers

David Whipkey

The Houston Orchid Society, Inc. www.houstonorchidsociety.org REFRESHMENTS: Regular meeting first Thursday of month A to M at 7:30 P.M. First Christian Church Thanks to everyone for contributing to the goodies. 1601 Sunset Blvd Next meeting will be May 2 Please refer to the Bulletin to determine if it is your turn (last name begins with A thru M group, and last name begins with N thru Z group).

Bromeliad Society/Houston Bring your refreshment ready to serve with the appro- Member Survey 2019 priate serving tool and don’t forget to get your items You do not have to fill it out now. Be ready to fill it out at the at the close of the meeting! meeting Circle your answer.

I went to the show in September. YES NO

If so, did you enter plants? YES NO Somewhat How important is it to receive an Not important at important Very important award for a show entry? all

------Circle the corresponding number: 1 strongly disagree, 2 dis- agree; 3 no opinion; 4 agree; 5 strongly agree

Jimbo’s Nursery

15019 8th St., Santa Fe, TX 77517, 409-925-6933

www.Jimbosnurserytx.com; email: [email protected]

We have a large selection of Aechmea, Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Dyckia, Neoregelia, and Til- landsia. Please compare our prices and our quality.

9 AFFILIATED WITH THE MEMBER OF BROMELIAD SOCIETY/HOUSTON INC. BROMELIAD SOCIETY SOUTHWEST BROMELIAD INTERNATIONAL GUILD

AFFILIATED WITH THE CRYPTANTHUS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

Officers and Chairmen About the Bromeliad Society/Houston President Cherie Lee This corporation is organized exclusively for purely public 24672 Pine Ridge charity and strictly educational purposes. Specific goals Hockley, TX 77447 832-566-5786 of the Society shall be to: [email protected]

Increase knowledge of bromeliads through inter- Vice President Linda Whipkey change and dissemination of information. Secretary David Whipkey Treasurer Allyn Pearlman Use such funds as are available for the purpose Past President Don Green of research and/or equipment in institutions of higher learning within the State of Texas. Board of Directors

There are two classes of membership: Term Expires 12/31/19 12/31/20 12/31/21 Individual $20.00 per year Mary Cinotto Gordon Stowe Vickey Gurka Family $30.00 per year John Edmonson Shirl Stowe Frank Lee

All memberships begin with January of the current year. I. Standing Committees 1. Publicity Allyn Pearlman Bulletin Editor Mary Cinotto Visit our website at www.bromeliadsocietyhouston.org 2. Plant Sales Chairman Allyn Pearlman for more information. 3. Programs Chairman Linda Whipkey ______4. Standing Committees Ex-Officio Members: Don Green / Cherie Lee The Bulletin is published monthly and is e-mailed to mem- bers of the BS/H, Inc. prior to monthly meetings. Articles and any other information pertinent to bromeliads are so- II. Committees of the Board licited. Articles may be reprinted with proper acknowledg- 1 Annual Show Allyn Pearlman ment given to author and publication. 2 Bromeliad Culture David Whipkey 3 Courtesy Midge Gorman Please have articles to the editor 4 Garden Tours TBD [email protected] before end of the month. 5 Historian David Whipkey 6 Holiday Party Chairman Allyn Pearlman A Yearbook is published annually based on the member- 7 Hospitality Coordinator Verna Powers ship roll at the end of the regular February meeting of 8 Members & Visitor Register: Ken Gardner, each year and distributed to members of the BS/H, Inc. Noreen Tolman 9 Membership Allyn Pearlman Please address any correspondence regarding this publi- 10 Raffle Plants Cherie Lee, cation to: Frank Lee 11 Seedlings Allyn Pearlman Mary Cinotto 12 Show & Tell John Schmidt 16023 Pebble Bend Drive 13 Webmaster Joy Reynolds Houston, TX 77068 [email protected] Representatives

Southwest Bromeliad Guild David Whipkey, Ray Johnson Bromeliad Society International Steve Reynolds, Rick Richtmyer, Margo Racca

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Bromeliad

Mary Cinotto 16023 Pebble Bend Drive Houston, TX 77068

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